Chapter 239 I Want to Hear It From You
As soon as the name ‘Hans’ came out of Justin’s mouth, Rachel was significantly caught by surprise. She then tightened her grip of her tightly clenched fist until her fingernails pressed into her palms painfully. The pain instantly brought her back to her senses.
“Who did you talk to?” “Answer me!” Justin raised his voice all of a sudden and grabbed Rachel’s arm threateningly. “I’m asking you, who’s Hans? Why did you come back to Riverdale?”
“Why are you asking me about Hans? Why don’t you ask yourself then?” Just then, Rachel had a stoic expression on her face. “He was the only person other than grandma who treated me kindly. He moved back from abroad because of me and he helped me multiple times. However, he ended up disabled because of you. He was crippled…”
Rachel flung Justin’s arm aside as her words became much more emotional and her raised voice reverberated in the house. “Do you need me to continue reminding you of the past?!”
There was a ripping pain that came from the wound on Justin’s back and the vein on his temples pulsed furiously. “That’s why you hate me so much!”
It’s not even because I mistreated her after our marriage! It’s all because of this guy, Hans! She hates me so intensely because I crippled him!
“Is there any point in me harboring hatred against you?! Hans is dead! He can’t come back from the grave! I don’t see any point in discussing this with you any further because you have no recollection of all this. Since you don’t trust me and have your suspicions and choose to confront me because of someone dead for nearly six years, what’s the point of entering into a relationship with me then?” With that, Rachel turned on her heels to leave. However, Justin suddenly grabbed her and roared, “Stop right there!”
“Let go of me!”
“I didn’t say that you could leave!”
“What do you want from me? Let go of me!”
During their struggle, Justin suddenly hugged Rachel from behind. “I was only asking you who he is! I can’t remember anything so I wanted to confirm his identity with you. I don’t care about what others say, I just wanted to hear it from you.”
“Well, you’ve got your answer now. Is it the same as what others told you? Are you satisfied now?”
Though she was held in his embrace, her expression remained indifferent. “If you don’t trust my words, why don’t you give Frankie a call? I’m quite sure that he’s well aware of everything that happened in the past and he would never lie to you.”
“There’s no need for that.” Justin said, his tone soft.
Rachel had not hidden anything from him and every single thing that she had said was basically the same as what Amber had mentioned through the phone. The only difference in their words could not be clearly confirmed even if he questioned Rachel.
“Let go of me,” Rachel muttered coldly before she shoved him aside mercilessly.
“Amber was the one who told you all this, I presume?”
Meanwhile, Justin’s expression stiffened. “Yeah.”
“So this is what you mean when you told me that the engagement is off between the two of you and you won’t have any sort of contact with her anymore?”
“No, things are different from what you assume!”
“Tell me, then, how is it actually different? I don’t think she merely mentioned who Hans was. She must have also mentioned that Hans was my first love and I was infatuated with him since high school, huh? That if it weren’t for Mrs. Egerton’s objection, we would have gotten together ages ago, right?”
Meanwhile, Justin had a shocked expression on his face. “Why do you…”
“Why do I know all the details?!” Rachel revealed a cold smirk. “That’s because she told you the same thing when we were married to each other and you confronted me about it back then, just like how you did so earlier.”
Just then, Rachel’s annoyance and disappointment troubled Justin.
“Rae, I really don’t recall a single thing.”
Besides this sentence, he had no idea how to justify his earlier actions. Perhaps this sentence couldn’t quite justify anything either, so he added, “I’m sorry.”
“I’m tired. You should get some rest after you’re done with your meal.” With that, Rachel turned around and left the room.
Meanwhile, Justin called out to her but he didn’t manage to stop her from leaving. In the end, he was significantly frustrated.
The moment the door to Rachel’s bedroom slammed shut, she leaned against the door and the sullen expression on her face dissipated instantly. All that was left on her face was indifference.
…
The night had fallen and Amber was on guard by her phone until late at night. Finally, she couldn’t take it anymore and she dialed Justin’s number once again.
“Sorry, the number you have dialed is currently unavailable…”
Unavailable? Amber was momentarily shocked so she tried her luck again and sent him a text message. This time, however, there was a notification that her message was rejected.
Suddenly, something dawned upon her and her expression darkened instantly.
“Bam!” She swept everything on her desk, including her computer and cell phone, to the ground and there was a loud commotion as everything fell and smashed into pieces. Her ugly expression that was full of anger was clearly reflected on the full-length mirror in her room.
How can it be that even after mentioning Hans, their relationship isn’t affected at all?! She’s indeed quite good at this game and not someone to be taken lightly! I underestimated her from the start! I’m sure she must have a weak point, though!
At that moment, Amber thought of something and she made a phone call right away. “Hey, it’s me. Help me find out which school Rachel’s son goes to.”
The next morning, Martha dropped off Samuel and Charlotte at the school entrance. “Go on in, you two!”
“Bye, Martha!”
Samuel and Charlotte carried a small backpack on their backs. Then, after Martha had left, Charlotte turned to wink at Samuel. “Samuel, I want to have the pancakes from yesterday.”
Both of them usually agreed with each other when it came to food. “Let’s go.”
Unbeknown to Martha, every morning, after she had dropped the two of them at the school entrance, the two children would swiftly make their way across the road to buy pancakes from the breakfast stall.
“Samuel, why can’t we tell Mommy and Daddy that we ate this?”
“Mommy said that the food made by stalls like this are not prepared properly so it’s easy to get sick from eating them. That’s why she doesn’t let me have food like this.”
“Daddy doesn’t allow me to eat outside food too.”
“That’s why we can’t let them know. If we tell them about this, next time they may confiscate our pocket money. By then, both of us won’t get to enjoy such yummy food anymore.”
“You’re right.” Charlotte nodded her head earnestly. “Samuel, I want some chocolate brownies too.”
“We’re about to be late for class.” Samuel glanced at his watch. “How about you go back to class first and I’ll go buy you some brownies? Don’t forget to let Mr. Wade know that I’m in the toilet.”
“Okie dokey!” Charlotte signaled okay with her fingers, and both of them went their separate ways.
As the chocolate brownies’ stall was on another street, Samuel carried his little backpack and took a shortcut across a small alley. He seemed to be quite familiar with the place and it looked like he was used to doing this.
Suddenly, there was a tall, strapping figure that appeared at the entrance of the alley and the person blocked his path before he had even taken more than a few steps ahead.
“It’s this kid here. I’m sure of it.”
“Gosh, I can’t believe my luck! Again?!” Samuel frowned. “What do you guys want to do again? Are you going to kidnap me?”
“Again?!” The two strapping males exchanged looks with each other, seemingly confused.
Meanwhile, Samuel calmly responded, “I told you last time that you’ll end up in a horrible state if you kidnap me. After all, my daddy’s Justin Burton. Do you guys know him?”
“You little despicable brat! I can’t believe you’d go about claiming that he’s your dad! Rachel’s taught you quite well, hasn’t she?” A high-pitched woman’s voice rang out from behind the two guys and the clicking sound of her high heels tapping against the ground of the alley was clearly audible.
Just then, both men moved to the side respectfully. Meanwhile, Amber had her arms crossed in front of her as she scrutinized the kid in front of her with a disdainful look. “Who told you that Justin’s your dad?”
“I don’t need anyone to tell me that. He is my daddy!” Samuel looked thoughtfully at the woman standing not too far from him. After quite some time, he suddenly recalled who she was. “I know who you are!”
